Angelina Fanous ALS Awareness Month

Angelina Fanous is living with ALS. You may know her from “Die Trying,” the compelling report she worked on for the HBO Series VICE last year. Angelina recently shared a story via a Twitter thread about her own struggles; her own everyday, raw, human struggles. This is as real as it gets.

Published

Friday, May 19, 2017

Author

Emily Dhondt

Angelina Fanous is living with ALS. You may know her from “Die Trying,” the compelling report she worked on for the HBO Series VICE last year. In it, she featured the everyday struggles of people living with ALS, as well as the innovative research taking place to fight the disease. Because May is ALS Awareness Month, Angelina recently shared a story via a Twitter thread about her own struggles; her own everyday, raw, human struggles. This is as real as it gets.

May is ALS awareness month, so here's a story (thread) about the cocktails I took to get out of bed while I've been living with als.

Emily Dhondt

Emily joined the ALS Therapy Development Institute in 2017. As the Digital and Social Media Specialist, she spends her days sharing the stories and discoveries of ALS TDI with the online world. She graduated from the University of Florida (Go Gators) with a Bachelor of Science in Advertising in May of 2014. After working on digital campaign strategies with many different types of clients, she wanted to transfer her skills into the nonprofit sector. So she packed up her stuff and drove from sunny Gainesville to snowy Boston in the middle of winter, where she found a great team of people working for a great cause. In her free time Emily enjoys cooking, exploring, board games and hanging out with friends and family.
“And when my time is up, have I done enough? Will they tell our story?”